How Bats Can Tell If a Sound Is Important - Observatory - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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anonymous on 17 Nov 10"One of the keys to the keen ability of bats to process sound is that the neurons in a bat's brain work as a team to convey the importance of certain signals - like an anger call or a distress call - while diminishing the effect of less-important sounds, researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center reported this past weekend in San Diego at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. "